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The 76 Most Influential People in Philadelphia Right Now-2021
There are two types of influence in Philadelphia. ¶ There are the people who have worked their way to the top of their fields, who […]
The Best Long Weekend Trips to Take From Philadelphia in 2024
In the past, a three-day weekend meant catching up on your chores, having a barbecue — maybe squeezing in a night at your favorite B&B. […]
How Michael Rubin, Meek Mill’s Billionaire Bestie, Got Woke
“Did you see what’s on his phone? That’s the most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen.” Michael Rubin is wrestling with Joel Embiid in a losing […]
Did This Delran Woman Fake Cancer?
On the day Lisa DiGiovanni found out her sister was going to start hospice care, she couldn’t stop thinking: I am such a jerk. It’d […]
Jeremy Nowak’s Vision for a New Philadelphia
The lobby of the William Penn Foundation, on the 11th floor of a skyscraper two blocks north of Market Street, is a quiet place. It […]
Rob Thomson’s Wild Ride
The line for dinner service at the St. Francis Inn in Kensington started forming just before 5 p.m., with folks traveling from across the neighborhood […]
The Year We Won It All: A Behind-the-Scenes Oral History of the 76ers’ Epic 1983 Championship
Philadelphia’s status as a tortured sports city isn’t a permanent designation. Zoom past the days of Connie Mack. Brake before the Philly Special. Turn off […]
Paul Martino’s Audacious Plan to Disrupt the Republican Party
I start with a problem — a problem we all share in one way or another. I told a friend I was working on a […]
Inside David Adelman’s Controversial Plan to Bring the Sixers to Center City
On a Monday afternoon in October, David Adelman stands at the corner of 11th and Market streets, imagining an alternate universe. He points across the […]
This Philly-Area Run Coach Has Spent Quarantine Doing What She Does Best: Logging Miles
Welcome to Sweat Diaries, Be Well Philly’s look at the time, energy, and money people invest in pursuit of a healthy lifestyle in Philly. For […]
The Justice System Is Screwing Meek Mill. Is It Also Screwing the Cop Who Arrested Him?
In the official version, this is how it went down: Robert Williams, a big teen in black Dickies jeans, operated out of a house in […]
Frank Rizzo Jr. Profile: Franny Takes a Lie-Detector Test
Across his chest and abdomen, two corrugated rubber tubes. Pneumographs — to detect breathing irregularities. Wrapped around his upper arm, a Velcro cuff. A sphygmomanometer […]
Guess Whats Coming With Dinner?
"THE DINING AREA seemed clean enough. I identified myself as a public health inspector and asked to see the kitchen. I went back and all […]
The Great Divide
IT WAS THE moment I thought I’d been waiting for. After spending a week on Al Asad, the largest U.S. military installation in western Iraq, […]
Best of Philly: Food & Drink 2006
Restaurant trend Small plates Tapas, meze, dim sum, “bites” … call it what you will. We call small plates the biggest trend in Philadelphia dining, […]